Oaklander Confesses to Sledgehammer Murder of Brother
A 21 year old Oakland youth Joseph Johansen confessed to killing his 15 year old half brother Edward with a sledgehammer after claiming Edward framed him for a food locker break in. Joseph led police to the weapon and a bloody glove pile four blocks from the family home. He cited prior family conflicts and stated he would have killed another brother if present. Edward and Joseph had long running disputes over possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Johansen
Johansen
Oakland
Robert Reed
Edward Johansen
Joseph
Merle Longnecker
Donald
Jimmy
Edward
Longnecker
Bernt Johansen
Sonoma State Home
New York
Babich Trial Faces Setbacks Over Confession Evidence
In Milwaukee on June 1 the defense faltered as Milton Babich’s mother in law testified against him and a judge allowed Babich’s confession into evidence. Judge Herbert Stetfes overruled the motion to suppress the confession, while Babich’s wife Kathleen and her mother, Mrs. Katherine Birmingham, testified for the defense and the prosecution respectively.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Herbert Stetfes
Babich
Kathleen
Patricia
Bab‘ch
Katherine Birmingham
Chiang Heads New Ching Policy Group in Canton
In Canton on June 2 the Central Political Council formed a supreme policy committee led by Chiang Kai shek. The council backed a new Nationalist cabinet with Yen Hsi-Shan as premier and defense minister. The policy group is Kuomintang right wing dominated, Li Tsung-jen its sole Liberal member, meeting location unclear. Chiang is at the temporary capital in Taiwan, with others seeking safety in Foshan or Fosfora.
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Canton
China
Central Political Council
Poly
Chiang Kaishek
Yen Hsi-Shan
Kuomintang
Wberal
Yume Mayor and Wilson Bodyguard Die in Arizona Incident
Phoenix dispatch reports the deaths of Yume Mayor and bodyguard Wilson in an incident at Van Park Veterans Hospital, June 11. Authorities say Mayor had been in poor health for some time and the report notes the circumstances surrounding the event.
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Yume
Wilson
Fhoenix
Ariz
Walter Singells
van Park’ Veterans ‘Hospital
Dunne to Receive Notre Dame Laetare Medal
Irene Dunne, Louisville born film actress, will be awarded the Laetare Medal at Notre Dame ceremonies June 29 in the Drill Hall. Announcement of the annual honor, for the outstanding Catholic layman, was made last March. Archbishop J Francis A McIntyre will preside and Monsignor Fulton J Sheen will speak at the event in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
Trene Dunne
University of Notre Dame
J. Francis A. McIntyre
Los Angeles
Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic University of America
Train Crashes Into Parked Car Blocks Crossing
Mrs Hazel Warren of Tipsonville Indiana stalled on a railroad crossing as a passenger train neared. A man in a station wagon shoved her car clear then pulled away, saving her from danger. Warren recalled she forgot to thank him in her nervous relief.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hazel Warren
Tiasonville
Vandenberg Backs Truman Against ERP Cut Threat
Sen Arthur H Vandenberg warns the Senate drive to cut European Recovery Program spending endangers world peace and recovery. President Truman and Hoffman defend NPC and warn against arbitrary cuts. McKellar seeks Hoffman resignation, while the House votes about 33 5 billion for early 1950.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Truman
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Anee Aberky
Meatax Econ
Vandenberg
Sen
Kenneth McKellar
D.tenn
Hoffman
Southern Regional Program unites Southern higher education
In Daytona Beach on June 11 a group of 45 college presidents and political representatives from 14 Southern states formed the Southern Regional Program. They organized a board of control to coordinate exchange of students and shared facilities in medicine dentistry and veterinary programs, marking a first in U. S. history to share costs and facilities regardless of race or creed.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Dixie States
Ocean
Sheraton Plaza Hotel
U. S
McKellar calls for billion-dollar ERP slash
Senator McKellar urged cutting the European Recovery Program by one billion dollars while President Truman pressed continued recovery aid and North Atlantic pact ratification. Truman backed rearming Western Europe with heavy outlays, drawing cautious opposition from Taft who warned arms programs could backfire.
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Truman
Sen. McKellar
D.-Tenn
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Little Rock
Ark
McKellar
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pet
House
Mieceey
Rearming
Europe
Achegon
Greece
Turkey
Economic Co-operation Administration
ECA
Congress
Taft
Sen
Tydings
D.-Md
Sen. McCarran
D.-Nev
Appropriations Committee
George D.ga
G.o.fp
Senate
Russia
Sloan Gifts Push MIT Toward $20 Million Drive
Boston June 11 AP Gifts totaling 5.1 million include 1 million from Alfred P Sloan Jr to fund a metals processing laboratory named for the donor. James R Killian MIT president says the lab will enhance engineering and manufacturing understanding, aiding industry readiness for graduates. Killian notes Sloan has given over a million to MIT in 30 years.
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Boston
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
James R. Killian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute
Committee On
XillMan
Metals Laboratory
Senators Split Over Taft Hartley Injunction Change
Washington June 11 Opposition to the Taft Hartley law injunction provision divides senators on how to curb strikes endangering national welfare. Morse and Ives clash over the best path, while Aiken hints President Truman wants the law as a campaign issue in 1950. A big vote on a new labor bill looms as lawmakers seek sharper teeth without resurrecting court orders.
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Washington
Sen
Morse
R.ore
Sen. Ives
Aiken RV
Truman
Senate
Ives
Congress
Spain
U S Envoy Stuart Plans Shanghai Visit
U S Ambassador J Leighton Stuart left for Shanghai on a three day visit being the first diplomat to travel there since Reds occupied Nanking on May 24. The trip marks a new diplomatic outreach amid mounting tensions in China.
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Nanking
U.S
J. Leighton Stuart
Shanghai
Plane crash rumor lands in Swartzel home rug
In Kansas at Swartzel residence retired rail worker J E Swartzel reported a crash like object plummeted through the ceiling and landed on the front room rug. Officer Charles Prowse identified a 2.5 pound object on a Sailor West naval aircraft serial, prompting police response.
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Whcuira
Kan
J. E. Swartzel
Swartzel
Charles Prowse
Hickenlooper presses halt to AEC secrecy fight
Senator Hickenlooper urged a one day delay in public hearings on his charges against the Atomic Energy Commission. He demanded open scrutiny while McMahon kept to a closed session agenda to hear objections. Oppenheimer named to testify before the panel Monday morning as secrecy blocks persist.
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Washington
Sen. Hickenlooper
R.towa
Atomic Energy Commission
Iowan
AEC
David E. Lillenthal
Sen. McMahon
Senate House Atomic Investigating Committee
Hickenlooper
McMahon
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Institute of Advanced Studies
Princeton
Eee
Vassar Grads Pay College $41,000 in 1924 Policies
Poughkeepsie June 11 UP In 1924 the graduating class at Vassar College presented the college with a gift of 41000 as part of endowment policies and radioactivity shipment concerns. The open hearings plan was urged by McMahon and involvement of Dr. Oppenheimer and the Atomic Energy Commission was discussed amid testimony on security and personnel for the commission.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
McMahon
Vassar College
Oppenheimer
Ces
West Coast
Vassar
Mra
Chester Bowles
Connects
Prem
Sen. Hick
Enlooper
Atomic Energy Commission
Girl Cannot Identify Killer In Boulder Creek Death
Doris Ann Weaver testified she could not identify the man who attacked Ray Spore on the Boulder Creek bank near the University of Colorado campus. Spore, 19, drowned after the assault. Weaver, 18, survived with head injuries. The jury ruled Spore died from drowning but noted fatal head wounds from an unknown assailant.
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Boulder
Colo
Doris Ann Weaver
Ray Spore
Univ . of Colorado
Boulder Creek
Spore
Miss Weaver
Miss. Weaver
Twin Falls
Idaho
State's Counsel Seeks Identity of Terrorists
In Birmingham on June 11 41 year old grandmother Mrs Hugh McDanal reports masked attackers dragged her and another woman from their home and forced them to witness cross burnings by a hooded mob. Circuit Solicitor Emmett Perry vows a special session to identity the intruders and press grand jury action with added police protection for victim Steve Marshier and his wife.
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Birmingham
Alo
Y Circuit
Emmett Perry
Jefferson County
Ku Klux Klan
Hugh McDonal
Perry
Grand Jury
Steve Marshier
Byers Former Golf Association President Dies
NEW YORK June 11 TM J Frederic Byers Sr 67 year old midwest industrialist died in Roosevelt Hospital today He lived in Sewlekdey Pa and was chairman of the board of A M Byers and Co of Pittsburgh a major steel fabricator He was president of the U S Golf Association in 1922 and 1923
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New York
J. ‘Frederic Byers
Roosevelt Hospital
Byers
Sewlekdey
A. M. Byers and Co
Pittsburgh
U. S. Golf Aaselgjation
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New Ching Policy Group
Irene Dunne
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A. P. Sloan
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Herbert Wickstrom
Seal Beach
Donald Hastings
Jimmy van Noy
Ralph Bennet
Bob Gravage
Bob Hankey
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DR. Condon
FBI
Edward A. Condon
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